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Gold rush worksheets make learning history fun! This board game is a thrilling race across the Wild West, and teachers players that claiming their fortune in the California Gold Rush wasn't as easy as it sounded. Of all the gold rush printables on the site, this is one you'll want to laminate and play again!


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Fashion Design Program Earns National RankingJuly 9, 2014
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Media contact: Lori Fogleman, (254) 710-6275
WACO, Texas (July 9, 2014) – Baylor University's Apparel Design and Product Development program was recognized recently by Fashion-Schools.org as among the top fashion design programs in the nation. The website ranked the program 35th out of 75 schools surveyed in the U.S., and sixth among Southwest schools.
The program, housed in the Family & Consumer Sciences Department in the College of Health and Human Sciences, offers a Bachelor of Art in Apparel Design & Product Management and a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (BSFCS) in Apparel Design & Product Management.
Rochelle Brunson, Ph.D., lecturer in family and consumer sciences, said the ranking was due, in part, to a newly donated $83,000 high-tech fabric printer they use in the Parker Design & Technology Center. The printer allows students to design their own patterns on fabric for use in their garment designs.
"It is one of the only ones of its brand and size at any university in the United States," Brunson said.
In addition to the state-of-the-art technology center, the program was commended for the opportunities they provide students after they graduate.
"All of the Design and Merchandising majors have a required course credit internship which they complete either between their junior and senior years during the summer term, during the Fall or Spring of their senior year or as a capstone course after all their other coursework is complete," Brunson said.
The Fashion Schools website recognizes Baylor's program as competitive in the internships it provides with top designers such as Anna Sui, MTC, Betsey Johnson, Quick Silver, XOXO MTV, Haggar and Rampage. The program also offers 11-to-21 day Study Tours, which allow Baylor students to travel to different fashion houses around the world to gain knowledge of the industry.
"We have positive relationships with industry professionals and continuously work at expanding that network," Brunson said.
by Rebecca Flannery, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The College of Arts & Sciences is Baylor University's oldest and largest academic division, consisting of 26 academic departments and 13 academic centers and institutes. The more than 5,000 courses taught in the College span topics from art and theatre to religion, philosophy, sociology and the natural sciences. Faculty conduct research around the world, and research on the undergraduate and graduate level is prevalent throughout all disciplines. Visit www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences.
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Egypt: the transition to democracy
The time for stock-taking has come, one year after the Egyptian revolution. It may be too early to proclaim the victory of democracy, but not to examine recent social, political and economic developments and to try and figure out what the future has in store. UNESCO opened the debate on 24 January.
What has changed in Egypt and in the Arab Region since 25 January 2011? How have the revolutions impacted societies? What is the future of the popular aspiration to democracy? These questions were discussed at the UNESCO Future Forum, "The Arab Spring- One Year Later- Egyptian Perspectives," by eminent personalities such as: Dominique Baudis, Défenseur des Droits de la France (France's ombudsman) and former President of the Arab World Institute (Paris); Robert Solé, Egyptian-born French writer and journalist; François Heisbourg, Chairman of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London); and Antoine Basbous, Director of the French Observatoir des pays arabes.
Antoine Basbous, a political scientist of Lebanese origine, speaks of an "Arab tsunami" rather than "spring", because of the devastating impact of the Arab revolutions on the authoritarian regimes of the region and the after shocks we must expect before democracy is established. "These revolutions have given rise to promises which must now be kept. The first step has been taken, and it is a giant step. But democracy will not take root automatically. When they were in the opposition, the Islamic parties brandished slogans saying, 'Islam is the solution'. Now these parties are in power. They will have to practice 'real-Islamism' [a term inspired by 'real politik']. The time has come to move beyond slogans and find solutions," says the director of the Observatoire des pays arabes (OPA).
"Four essential conditions will have to be met to allow Egypt to become democratic," adds François Heisbourg: "A governance that allows the country to open to the world and to its neighbours, a new social class structure, the stabilization of relations between democratic government and the army, and the management of cultural and religious diversity. But is this feasible?" wonders Heisbourg. "Of course it is," he saysn answering his own question: "Everything will depend on the way the Moslem Brotherhood will play their cards. We will soon be able to have a better of idea of the situation, with the adoption of a new Egyptian Constitution."
"We will have to be very attentive over coming months," cautions Robert Solé. "The Islamist parties, which until very recently wished to establish a theocratic regime, now declare they have been converted to democracy. They will have to be judged by their actions and not by their contradictory declarations. As to the West, which accommodated the authoritarian regimes of the Arab countries, it should not now accommodate religious obscurantism in the name of a new form of pragmatism."
The main players in the Arab revolutions – particularly the liberal elites and the young – have valid reasons to feel left out, disappointed and betrayed according to experts. The road to democracy is proving to be much longer than they imagined. But, as says the young Tunisian blogger Maha Issaoui, "it is impossible to build a democratic society in two or three years, especially without foundations to build on." She was the first to post pictures of the confrontation in her native town of Sidi Bouzid on Facebook. That was in December 2010, the day following the suicide of Mohamed Bouzazi, which sparked off the Tunisian revolution.
"The Arab revolutions of 2011 are the first revolutions of the 21st century in that they were fought with weapons that were not at all the same as those of the previous century. With the exception of Syria, the Kalashnikov has been replaced by the smart phone," declares Dominique Baudis. "Another characteristic of these revolutions is that they did not have leaders. They formed a horizontal movement," he adds. "It is on the horizontal structure of revolution, that vertical political authority must now be built."
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Allen returns to campus
Strengthening teams through understanding differences -- Adams State College is pleased to once again host guest speaker Dr. Brenda Allen, author of "Difference Matters." Allen's visit builds on Martin Luther King Jr. Week.
Differences in race, culture, ages, gender and social class reflects in everything we say and do in society. Allen's free presentation, "Negotiating the Landscapes of Diversity" will be held from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Student Union Building room 130. The event is free and open to the public.
Allen's proven ability and flare for presenting complex and oftentimes sensitive topics in nonthreatening ways carry over in the latest edition of "Difference Matters". Her down-to-earth analysis of six social identity categories reveals how we send messages about who we think we are in society, and what we think of others. Sometimes our unexamined biases show up in unintended ways, putting ourselves down or even hurting others and Allen, a superb storyteller, illustrates her discussions with real-life experiences, many of which are her own. She also offers practical guidance for how to communicate difference more humanely. While many examples are from organizational contexts, people from a wide range of backgrounds can relate to them and appreciate their relevance.
Allen, an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor in the University of Colorado Denver Department of Communication, research and teaching areas are organizational communication, diversity, group communication, and critical pedagogy. In addition to performing her duties at the university, she presents keynote speeches and conducts workshops and consultations on a range of topics, including self-empowerment, diversity, strategic planning, presentational speaking, and teamwork. She directs the HERS institute for developing women leaders.
Allen has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Francine Merritt Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Lives of Women in Communication from the National Communication Association and was the first award recipient for Outstanding Achievement for Commitment to Diversity UC of Denver. She received her bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University and master's and doctorate degrees from Howard University.
Allen will also lead interactive talks for the campus community on Sunday, January 22, and Tuesday, January 24. Her visit is funded by Adams State and is sponsored by the Center for Equity in Learning and Teaching (CELT), Title V, and the President's Office.


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Eric Holder grilled over Fast and Furious in Congress
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Eric Holder grilled over Fast and Furious in Congress
Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2012
Posted: 2012-06-12 09:34:50
Rep. Darrell Issa [contends] that the Department of Justice in Washington and perhaps the Obama White House were aware of the flawed tactics in the ATF's Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation in Arizona that allowed more than 2,000 firearms to "walk" into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. A month before the operation was stopped, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Terry was killed in a December 2010 shootout and two Fast and Furious weapons were discovered at the crime scene between the Mexican border and Tucson. Scores of more weapons have been found at violent crimes in Mexico. Issa contends [that] wiretap documents, signed by top Justice officials in support of Fast and Furious, are proof that administration officials knew the tactics were flawed and should have stopped the operation long before the agent and others were killed. "The tactics of Fast and Furious were known," he said. "They were known and are contained in these wiretaps." Issa said he obtained the materials from "a furious group of whistle-blowers" who are angry with the Justice Department and Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. for not providing more material to Issa's investigation into Fast and Furious. The whistle-blowers, he told Holder at the hearing, "are tired of your stonewalling."
Note: For a seven-minute CNBC video with more revealing information on this, click here. For more on Fast and Furious, click here.
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U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
2001-05-01, ABC News
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities. The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's ... Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years. The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba. Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists." The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after.
Note: Why was ABC the only major news source to report on this highly revealing story? Read the shocking declassified documents on Operation Northwoods. Many military and political leaders look at the world as a grand chessboard. Sacrificing pawns (innocent civilians) is sometimes necessary to capture the queen. Explore revealing news articles on military corruption. Then check out eye-opening 9/11 news articles.
Former U.S. Air Force Officers Recount Experiences With UFOs at Nuclear Missile Bases
2010-10-27, ABC News
The U.S. government's official line may be that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) don't pose a national security threat, but a group of former Air Force officers gathered Monday in the nation's capital to tell a different story. During a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., seven former Air Force officers once stationed at nuclear bases around the country said that not only have UFOs visited Air Force bases, some have succeeded in disabling nuclear missiles stationed there. "I want the government to acknowledge that this phenomenon exists," said Robert Salas, a former U.S. Air Force Nuclear Launch Officer. Salas said he doesn't think the UFOs he claims to have encountered had any offensive intent, but he believes they wanted to leave an impression. "They wanted to shine a light on our nuclear weapons and just send us a message," he said. "My interpretation is the message is get rid of them because it's going to mean our destruction." Other former officers recounted similar stories of unexplained moving lights and odd-shaped flying objects during their time in the service. Leslie Kean, an investigative journalist and author of the new book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record," said thousands of pages of documentation support the officers' accounts. She spent the last 10 years researching UFOs and combing through thousands of pages of declassified government material. Kean said that one declassified document that she researched for her book, relating to the Salas incident, said, "the fact that no apparent reason for the loss of the 10 missiles can easily be identified is a cause for grave concern to this headquarters."
Note: Watch CNN coverage of this most fascinating testimony. This is not the first time government and military witnesses have testified at the National Press Club about a major cover-up of UFOs. Watch 22 witnesses testifying to remarkable personal stories in May 2001. A two-page written summary presents amazing UFO testimony from top officials. And don't miss these fascinating news articles on UFOs. What may be the best UFO documentary ever made, Out of the Blue, is also available for free viewing.
Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group
2005-09-29, BBC News
How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. Every year since 1954 [they have brought] together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi ... editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners ... and the queen of the Netherlands. The chairman ... is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon. In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg. "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists." Will Hutton ... who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls "the international common sense". And that "common sense" is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg's main participants. For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a century.
Note: Why is this meeting of top world leaders kept so secret? Why, until a few years ago, was there virtually no reporting on this influential group in the major media? Thankfully, the alternative media has had some good articles. And a Google search can be highly informative. Explore many other revealing major media news articles on powerful secret societies. And for those interested, check out reliable, eye-opening information covering the big picture of how and why these secret societies are using government-sponsored mind control programs to achieve their agenda.
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Google found to track the location of users who have opted out
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so. Computer-science researchers at Princeton confirmed these findings at the AP's request. Storing your minute-by-minute travels carries privacy risks. So the company will let you "pause" a setting called Location History. Google's support page on the subject states: "You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored." That isn't true. Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking. For example, Google stores a snapshot of where you are when you merely open its Maps app. And some searches that have nothing to do with location, like "chocolate chip cookies," or "kids science kits," pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude - accurate to the square foot - and save it to your Google account. Since 2014, Google has let advertisers track the effectiveness of online ads at driving foot traffic, a feature that Google has said relies on user location histories. The company is pushing further into such location-aware tracking to drive ad revenue, which rose 20 percent last year to $95.4 billion.
Note: This article instructs you how to effectively delete Google's tracking of your movements. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corporate corruption and the disappearance of privacy.
Jury orders Monsanto to pay $289 million to cancer patient in Roundup lawsuit
2018-08-10, USA Today
A jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay $289 million Friday to a school groundskeeper who got terminal cancer after using Roundup, one of the world's most popular weed killers. The Superior Court jury [found] that Dewayne Johnson's non-Hodgkin lymphoma was at least partly due to using glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup. Johnson regularly used glyphosate to spray fields while working as a groundskeeper. Monsanto "acted with malice, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct," Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos announced in court. Hundreds of lawsuits claiming Roundup causes cancer have been given the green light to proceed to trial. Cancer victims and families presenting cases say Monsanto knew about the ingredient's risk for years, but failed to warn buyers. Johnson's doctors testified he is unlikely to live past 2020. The 46-year-old Bay-area resident worked for a California county school system and applied the weed killer up to 30 times per year as part of his pest-control responsibilities. During that time, he mixed and sprayed hundreds of gallons of the chemical. "Today the jury confirmed what we have known since our investigation began — that Monsanto knew Roundup contained cancer-causing ingredients and failed to take this product off the shelf and protect consumers. The company chose corporate profit and greed above humanity," said Micah Dortch of the Potts Law Firm.
Note: The EPA continues to use industry studies to declare Roundup safe while ignoring independent scientists. A recent independent study published in a scientific journal found a link between glyphosate and gluten intolerance. Internal FDA emails suggest that the food supply contains far more glyphosate than government reports indicate. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on food system corruption and health.
Election Hacking: Voting-Machine Supplier Admits It Used Hackable Software Despite Past Denials
2018-07-17, Newsweek
One of the country's largest voting machine makers has admitted in a letter to a U.S. senator that some of its past election-management systems had remote-access software preinstalled, despite past denials that any of its systems were equipped with such software. Election Systems and Software (ES&S) told Democratic Senator Ron Wyden ... that the company provided election equipment with remote connection software to an unspecified number of states from 2000 to 2006. "ES&S provided pcAnywhere remote connection software on the [Election-Management System] workstation to a small number of customers between 2000 and 2006," wrote Tom Burt, ES&S president. The election-management system is used to count official election results and sometimes to program voting machines. PcAnywhere was the name of the remote-access software made by Symantec. In 2012, Symantec told all of its customers to disable or to uninstall the software after admitting it had been hacked in 2006, at the same time that ES&S was selling election-management systems with pcAnywhere preinstalled. ES&S would not say how many systems were sold with the software from 2000 to 2006 but stressed the company stopped using it in 2007, after it was prohibited by the Election Assistance Commission. A computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University discovered in 2011 that the technology was pre-installed on an election-management system that was sold to a Pennsylvania county.
Note: For more on this threat to democracy, see this excellent essay. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing elections corruption news articles from reliable major media sources. Then explore the excellent, reliable resources provided in our Elections Information Center.
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KALAMAZOO—Step Afrika, a professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, will bring its show to Western Michigan University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $1 for students with a valid Bronco Card and $25 for the public, and are available at millerauditorium.com.
Phi Beta Sigma, winners of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Marchdown that was held in October, will be opening for Step Afrika.
Step Afrika
According to its website, Step Afrika is the first professional dance company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping, an American dance tradition in which the body is used as an instrument to create rhythms and sounds through a combination of footsteps, claps and spoken word. Step Afrika! is admired worldwide for its efforts to promote an understanding of and appreciation for the tradition's use as an educational tool for young people worldwide.
The show is sponsored by Miller Auditorium, the Campus Activities Board, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council.
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Luxury Housing is Coming Back
July 24, 2013
We've all heard about the housing recovery, especially the robust activity at lower price points. What does this mean for luxury housing here in Arizona? Let's take a look.
If we compare luxury home sales Jan-Jun 2013 to the same time period last year, we see a significant jump in buyer activity and purchases. In Tucson, closed residential sales $800,000 and above increased 25.8% from 2012 and new properties under contract were up 26%. For comparison, the number of residential sales at all price points was only up 3.1%. Similar story in Phoenix, closed luxury sales up 31% while the overall market was actually down 2.2%.
A rise in sales is helping to stabilize the months of inventory, with Tucson dropping to 19.4 months and Phoenix at 9.4 months. While 6 months is considered "balanced" in the overall housing market, higher price points typically experience longer times on the market.
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TARMLS and ARMLS data pulled 7-21-13 using Brokermetrics software for residential closed sales $800,000 and above 1/1/12-6/30/12 and 1/1/13-6/30/13.
The data supports a position that the luxury housing market is making a comeback, and is outpacing the overall residential market so far this year. If you have been holding off on listing your exceptional property, now could be an ideal time.
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Cstracker is a new Perl tool for Csound users. The installation does not require heavy Perl module installation, except for some Tk modules that could require Cpan installation. I took my inspiration from Opcode's Vision, a software I used in the nineties. Of course notes cannot be arranged by frequencies, or displayed on music staves, because Csound parameter design doesn't allow such generalization. However, notes are presented graphically by section, then by instrument, on canvas showing their relative position in time. Once clicked, each note pops up a parameter window where it can then be modified, muted or deleted. Each note can be given a name and color different than the default ones. New notes can be created by right-clicking on free position in the canvas.
When all the modifications are made, the resulting score can replace the original CSD or not. Tracker data will be saved into the score by short tags put at the end of the line (a comment following any other user-comment). Cstracker launches Csound to play its output. Here Windows user may have to check the terminal sequence, as it has not been tested yet on this platform. Cstracker is fast and faster than editing a score line by line.
In the future, a selection of notes shall be also modifiable in one shot by name, color, position in time, and even quantized. I'd be delighted if anyone proposed to contribute to these improvements (summarized now in inactive options of the track submenu) or to any other aspect of this script.
At present Cstracker seems to respect most of the CSD files it is given to treat. A shortcoming I've met, concerns commented lines that appear within the score, if they are commented i-statements they are processed as muted notes correctly but if they only contain comments inserted here and there, then they are pushed at the end of the section's score. Another weakness: Cstracker doesn't create a CSD file from scratch, one has to start with an existing score because the software doesn't treat orchestra code at all.
Cstracker exists as a standalone and as a Perl module in Csgrouper that can - under certain precautions - extend existing Perl code for Csound music.
The standalone can be downloaded on Github: https://github.com/emilbarton/Cstracker.
Thank you to notify any case where Csound statements aren't treated correctly or other bug.
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Sterlington Notepad
Louisiana College senior center fielder Cole Bagbey was named East Division Hitter of the Week by the American Southwest Conference for the week of April 15-20.
Bagbey belted home runs in both ends of a double header — his first two longballs of the season — as the Wildcats swept nationally-ranked Texas Tyler 7-4 and 7-6 Saturday, April 20 in Pineville. Texas-Tyler won the first game Friday, but the Saturday's sweep gave the Wildcats their first series victory over the Patriots since 2005.
In addition to being named Hitter of the Week, the former Sterlington Panther was selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
Last weekend, Bagbey was named co-MVP of the Wildcats' first-round ASC Tournament series against Mary Hardin-Baylor after LC took two out of three from the Crusaders to advance to the ASC Championship Tournament for the first time in school history.
For the series, Bagbey was 4-for-7 with four walks and was hit by a pitch once.
In the final home game of his career, Bagbey went 1-for-1 with three RBI and reached safely in all five plate appearances (a single, three walks, one HBP) as the Wildcats won the decisive Game 3, 5-3.
Bagbey's two-run single keyed a three-run bottom of the sixth as the Wildcats built a 4-1 lead.
After UMHB closed the gap to 4-3, Bagbey drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to wrap up the scoring.
Starting all 41 games for the Wildcats, Bagbey is hitting .342 with 10 extra base hits (2 home runs, 2 triples, 6 doubles) and 22 RBI. Batting from the leadoff spot, he leads the team in on base percentage (.484), walks (28), hit by pitch (14) and runs scored (36) and is second on the club in slugging percentage (.452) and hits (50).
LC (24-17) gets back into action today at 3 p.m. against ASC West Division champ Texas Lutheran in the first round of the ASC Championship Tournament.
COMEBACK STORY: Chad Reeves, who last pitched competitively while helping Sterlington to a 2009 Class 2A state runner-up finish, has resurrected his career at LSU-Eunice.
The 6-2 lefthander originally signed with ULM out of high school, but having never pitched for the Warhawks, is classified as a freshman.
Reeves is helping the defending Division II junior college national champion Bengals (42-8) to another outstanding season.
For the season, Reeves is 7-2 with a 2.38 earned run average in 13 appearances (11 starts). In 68 innings pitched, he has allowed 44 hits, while striking out 71 and walking 40. Allowing only seven extra base hits, he has yet to give up a home run and has held opposing hitters to a .193 batting average.
LSU-E fielded its first baseball team during the 2000 season. In 11 seasons under coach Jeff Willis, the Bengals have won four junior college national championships (2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012).
MATT ALLRED plans to continue his basketball career at Mississippi College.
A 5-8 guard, Allred was a five-year starter and a three-time first-team All-District 2-2A selection for the Panthers.
Averaging 17.4 points and 2.3 assists per game as a senior, Allred closed out his high school career with 2,254 career points.


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Did you know opossums are marsupials, which means they have a pouch! This fun worksheet is jam-packed with fun facts about the opossum! It includes a word search, true/false questions and a funny joke, to get your child in the mood for learning all about the animal kingdom.
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I am reprinting below a press release from the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IRGS) concerning a proposed merger of the National Archives into the National Library. When I read this release, I was amazed at how something such as a merger between two record-keeping entities could have a profound effect on genealogy research. I admit that sometimes I don't pay enough attention to news about institutional and government matters, but I have been trying to educate myself better in this regard because, over time, I have realized that these matters eventually affect my research and my access to records.
From the IGRS:
Archive and library reform moves worry genealogists
The Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) is concerned that a so-called merger of the National Archives "into" the National Library could diminish these vital heritage services.
Steven Smyrl, IGRS chairman, says that while the IGRS recognises the need for savings across the board in Irish public services, it is concerned that with two bodies under one director, competition for resources could be fierce.
"The proposed area of control is simply too vast, whether or not, as the Government proposes, both institutions are to retain their separate identities. The Government's plan is further complicated by reference to the possible sharing of services between the National Library and the National Museum which could dilute the services still further."
Smyrl acknowledges that there are savings to be made through the pooling of public services resources. "Conservation and administration are just two such areas that immediately spring to mind, but while libraries and museums might appear to be similar they are actually very different service providers.
"Staff trained in the care and control of archive materials require quite different skills to those working in a library and economies of scale will not be found by requiring flexibility from staff to work across borders in the proposed new set-up. It is crucial that specialist knowledge and training be recognised as essential in service delivery at national institutions. The historians, academics, researchers and genealogists using them rely heavily upon the staff's expertise and knowledge.


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Bonnie MacBird, along with Steven Lisberger, is the co-creator of TRON. She co-wrote the story for TRON with Lisberger and is also credited as creator of characters for TRON: Legacy.
Although MacBird has worked as an actor, her principal contributions to the film industry have been behind the scenes. She served as an executive in feature development at Universal Studios for several years in the 1970s. For ten years she was the head of Creative License/SkyBird Productions. She is the winner of two Emmy Awards and 11 Cine Golden Eagles. She is currently teaching screenwriting at UCLA.
MacBird is married to computer scientist Alan Kay, whom she met while researching TRON.


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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (left) and Director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen. Photo by Bryan Hewitt.
On Monday, the San Francisco political roundtable Week to Week included a spirited discussion about the cascading revelations about U.S. government monitoring of phone and Internet communications. What limits should there be? Who should control information? At what price do we buy security?
Less than a week earlier, The Commonwealth Club's Climate One host Greg Dalton conducted a wide-ranging conversation with Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas. Schmidt and Cohen were discussing their new book, The New Digital Age, which naturally gets into all kinds of issues of technology, privacy, and security.
The discussion took place before the recent revelations about PRISM, the program that allegedly gives the U.S. government direct access to user information on central databases of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other tech giants. However, Dalton asked the duo about government information gathering, personal privacy, and the Utah Data Center, all of which would be central to the controversies that arose just a few days after their conversation. Here, in their own words, is the discussion of these issues.
GREG DALTON: The [data] collection ability has given some people concern about big data or the privacy. I'd like to ask about the Utah Data Center, which is being built by the National Security Agency in the United States, [and which] reportedly collects 60 billion iPhones worth of data. That's five zettabytes? You know what those are; I don't. It's a lot of data. It's going to be online later this year.
How should the U.S. approach that? Reportedly, Thomas Drake is an NSA whistleblower who says they will collect information on Americans. Should we be concerned about that much data in the hands of the government, given the power of the tools you've been talking about?
ERIC SCHMIDT: In the industry, we've gone through a series of these proposals, and they're often somewhat over-hyped, which is what they can actually do. Let me suggest what can be done; I don't know if this proposal could be done. And then we can debate whether this is a good idea.
As I understand it, the NSA's job is essentially foreign communications; they're not allowed to operate in the United States, but I could be wrong there.
DALTON: That's the law, but there's question whether they're actually following that.
SCHMIDT: You can't ask a theoretical question [and] then assume that the people are sufficiently incompetent, they're not going to follow the law. So I think we have to assume that any activity is legally appointed. If it's not legal, then people should not do it. Certainly in America. So assuming that this is a legal activity, presumably what they would be doing -- and again I'm speculating -- is they'd be assembling some of this information and doing data-mining. The way you would do data-mining is you would look for patterns.
A simple example is that they're looking for people who are racketeering. You know, you'd look for the signals there. Computers are quite good at tracing this. So far, I've got everybody here in the audience quite upset; you're worried about this, you're worried about your civil liberties.
On the other hand, there's some evidence that the surveillance world is actually losing because of the amount of data that's going on. That, in fact, the amount of communication has so overwhelmed the very legitimate and proper functions of the police and the FBI and so [we] are in fact less safe as a result.
I'm not going to take a position on the specifics, but I would suggest that when you think about it, think of it in a more nuanced way. Our government does need a certain amount of ability to watch -- again, legally and correctly, again [within the] law and [in] a democracy in a country like the United States. The question is, the proliferation of devices has made it very difficult for them to do it.
DALTON: Jared, your response to people concerned about their civil liberties with all these tools and tracking?
JARED COHEN: You talk about specific government-level, and then just for us as individuals, I think getting nervous about this assumes that different bureaucratic arms of the government are willing and able to work together. I'm quite serious. You have different agencies that have different authorities to collect different types of data; they're not so good at working together. So there's a level of confidence and cohesion that just isn't there.
And this is a democracy.
Eric and I went to Mexico to look at how the Mexican government was dealing with the drug cartels; it's killed more than 60,000 people in the last five to six years. We went to see this sort of underground bunker that's called Platform Mexico, where they have unbelievable -- I mean you want to talk about real government cohesion around data related to their citizens, it is here in Mexico. And this is democracy. We walk out of this thing thinking, we really hope that no autocracy ever gets their hands on that --
SCHMIDT: There was more than that, because you can imagine that for legitimate reasons. There's a terrible drug war, terrible infiltration of the police, you have to go back in Mexico. So let's assume that they get the problems fixed and five or ten years from now, [despite] of the civil liberties or protections that the Mexican citizens have, once their systems are built, they're not turned off.
This caused us to say, and we say this in the book, that you need to fight for your privacy or you're going to lose it. We were in Britain last week; there was a terrible terrorist act -- one soldier was killed by one apparently lone Muslim extremist in the entire country. And the whole country's excited about this, it's obviously a terrible thing, one person's dead. The home secretary calls for broad regulations and surveillance of the Internet. Not a good thing.
So it's easy for governments to overreact and take away your privacy, your security, and so forth in the name of the security. We would say that the open principles, the way in which we work today, is a much, much better way. You'll be ultimately safer with our approach.
DALTON: There's a proposal in California, the Right to Know [Act]. It would allow citizens in California to request data from organizations so they could know what companies know about them, and that's similar to what exists in Europe. But Silicon Valley industry has opposed that. Can you tell us about your position on the right to know from consumers, how much information companies have about them?
SCHMIDT: I don't know the specific legislations so I couldn't comment.
DALTON: It was quite broad and it was ...
SCHMIDT: In general, Google answers this by agreeing with the principle. For example, in Google there's a panel you can get to where not only will it show what Google knows about you but you can delete it. That I think is the correct standard. The general view we have is the information that we collect through our normal course of business with you is really for you to control. And there are some laws that cover that. So for example, you can't just delete all your searches, though we will allow you to do it yourself manually.
But generally, we keep your searches for 12-18 months, and that's largely governed by some other laws. And then we anonymize and get rid of it.
DALTON: Let's quickly ask the audience. How many of you knew that you could really find out and then delete the information Google knows about you? Maybe a third of the audience. A lot of people don't see --
SCHMIDT: One-third is pretty good. So two-thirds have now been educated by the one-third.
DALTON: Jared Cohen, should people be able to have more access to information that companies hold about them?
COHEN: We have a whole chapter in the book where we look at the future of privacy and security. There's sort of a broader point that we try to make: When you look at the existing debate around privacy, it really does center around issues related to this first 2 billion that are already online. When we traveled around to some of these other environments, you bring up privacy to people and they just sort of look at you like a deer in headlights, like, "who gets privacy?" when you're living in North Korea or Libya or Myanmar.
So we came back with a sense that when you're going to talk about privacy, you need to also talk about security. The two concepts are deeply intertwined. One observation we make is that every generation seems more willing to share than the previous generation. It seems more comfortable with it. Maybe that trend will change. In the book, we make a small argument around the role that parents will play. In the future and on the book tour, we've sort of become champions for the idea that the good old-fashioned methodology of parents intervening and talking to their kids is actually still going to be relevant.
Listen to the audio of the complete program with Schmidt and Cohen.


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October is the month of mischief. As All Hallows' Eve approaches, toilet paper seems to grow on trees, plastic spiders make their homes on front porches and fungi fill the empty heads of jack-o'-lanterns.
Insects even join the fun, wrapping silken nests around the ends of branches. Web-spinning caterpillars hide inside the nests and devour the leaves.
They won't kill the tree but can make it look like Halloween arrived as early as July. I'm not a fan of their work. The problem, for most homeowners, isn't the insect or the missing foliage but the web they leave behind.
The main culprit this time of the year is the fall webworm. The name implies they appear in fall, but in the Lowcountry they begin laying eggs in early summer. In most cases, the adult flits about unnoticed. It's an attractive white moth that lay eggs on favorite trees.
While some insects can be particular about what they eat, fall webworm caterpillars can feed on more than 80 species of trees.
The result of their egg-laying often will result in only a nest or two in a river birch or wax myrtle. However, pecan, walnut and some fruit trees can be covered. Pecans, in particular, are one of their favorites. A large pecan tree can become an enormous web and completely defoliated in midsummer.
Fall webworms start a web at the end of the branch. It usually goes unnoticed until it seems to engulf the branch. The nest is tightly woven and provides protection from predators while the caterpillars feed inside it.
The webbing is littered with cast-off exoskeletons and specks of excrement. The nest is expanded to draw more leaves inside. It takes about six weeks from the egg hatch for the caterpillars to emerge as an adult. In fact, many nests already have been vacated but will continue to look unsightly for many weeks.
When possible, prune off the branch and destroy the nest. They burn quite easily. However, most nests are too high to reach. Pesticides would need to be applied before the nest gets started because it won't penetrate the webbing.
Timing that application can be very difficult. Systemic insecticides, ones that are absorbed by the tree and translocated to the leaves, can be more effective and have a longer residual effect.
However, systemics can be expensive and require a trained technician to apply. Even then, the webbing will remain, and that's the real problem. Left alone, the tree will tolerate the feeding and the webbing eventually will fade.
Another web-spinning caterpillar is the Eastern tent caterpillar that appears in spring and builds a nest at the base of the branch instead of the end of it. Toward the end of spring, you'll see them crawling on the driveway or deck looking for a place to pupate.
In the landscape, they mostly go unnoticed and appear only in spring. The treatments are the same as fall webworm although it's easier to scoop the nest out of the branching crotch and destroy. And, yeah, it's pretty gross.
Recently, rosemary webworms have been found on rosemary shrubs. These are a bit more insidious, wrapping small webbing around the branches and consuming the foliage.
The caterpillars are much smaller and difficult to locate in the webbing. They also can kill the host, so it's important to remove them when sighted. I've noticed them appearing at the end of August or early September. It also seems they have more of a preference for certain rosemary cultivars, such as prostrate rosemary.
Frequently, webbing can be spiders feeding on insects. Most often, it seems they are present on aphid-infested crape myrtles. While they're not hurting the tree, the webbing can be unsightly.
One last harmless webmaker is the bark lice. Tree trunks appears to be wrapped in silk while these ant-size insects crawl beneath harmlessly feeding on organic material. Of all the webs, this one offends me the least and makes for a great Halloween prop.
Tony Bertauski is a horticulture instructor at Trident Technical College. To give feedback, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was tragic and unnecessary, and it ought to spark public debate about how to prevent similar incidents, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday.
In his first comments since a state jury acquitted George Zimmerman on Saturday in the February 2012 shooting case, Holder said federal prosecutors were continuing to investigate.
"Independent of the legal determination that will be made, I believe that this tragedy provides yet another opportunity for our nation to speak honestly about the complicated and emotionally charged issues that this case has raised," Holder told a convention of Delta Sigma Theta, a black sorority.
Although Zimmerman was cleared of murder charges under Florida law, U.S. prosecutors could decide to bring criminal charges under a federal hate-crimes law, and some civil rights advocates are lobbying prosecutors to do so.
The hate-crimes law would require the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, shot Martin, who was black, because of race.
Prosecutors would decide what to do based on the facts of the case and the law, Holder said.
The chief U.S. prosecutor and an appointee of President Barack Obama, Holder received a warm welcome from the more than 14,000 sorority members in the audience at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
The audience responded enthusiastically when Holder said the Justice Department shared their concerns about the Martin case, and again when he said he wanted to take action to counter the "underlying attitudes, mistaken beliefs and stereotypes that serve as the basis for these too common incidents."
(Reporting by David Ingram and Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Doina Chiacu)


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PUNXSUTAWNEY — When it comes to art, Paul Shaffer has a gift that allows him to create some truly breathtaking pieces.
Shaffer is a member of the Punxsutawney Arts Association, Inc., and at 83
years old, he can create a scene that looks as though it is coming off of the canvas, a scene that makes you stop and look at the amazing details.
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Would you forgive me if I told you that I had one of the best summers of my life? Everything moved so quickly that by the time I would finish a blog post it was no longer up to date or relevant. I can't type as quickly as my life is passing me by. And it seems all that much more rapid because every moment feels like one worth savouring, every moment is worth holding on to, worth cradling and observing and embracing. When I sit this computer in front of me and start typing I fear that I am missing out on something, that time is slipping away, that I should be doing something more meaningful.
Looking back on my last blog post however, I am reminded of the value of taking the time to sit here and reflect. Because without reflection it is so easy to forget, and if you forget everything that you have done then how worth doing is it? I like to come back here and revisit how I felt at some particular moment of time. And, if you are someone who eats, many moments in time are anchored around food in some way. For me, and for many I am sure, life revolves around food: our relationships, our feelings, celebrations, meetings, bonding, new beginnings, farewells and everything in between.
I can look back on my summer and see the meals that I ate, the settings in which I ate them, the people that I laughed and conversed with, the stories and memories we shared, the experiences we recounted, the people that ebbed and flowed around us, the warmth of the air that surrounded us, the scenery that acted as our backdrop, the events that led us to that table or that park bench or onto the grass, the train coach or even just to a couch, a kitchen counter or on a food-in-hand promenade. The food that we eat extends our experiences and our memories to all five of our senses. This must be why our meals are a part of so many of life's memorable events.
I would love to recount all of the experiences I was blessed to be a part of this summer, but I have waited too long to share and I do not have time to write the novel I would need to write. In brief, what flitters through my mind is weekends spent drinking beers at the beach, a trip to the Okanagan, exploring lakes along the way there and passing through a dozen wineries on the way home. I went to the Sasquatch music festival at The Gorge in Washington, went on a road trip to Portland aimed at exploring breweries that resulted in the discovery of so much delicious food. I also went on a brief but beautifully memorable sailing trip up the Indian Arm and also spent two weekends camping on the sunshine coast. On top of that I spent a pleasant week in Seattle that was work related but turned out to be more fun than serious (except for when I missed my 6:30 am train). Also of note is that I ran my first 10 K race in July which prompted me to pay closer attention to what I was eating than ever before.
Even though I recognize that this already sounds like an amazing summer in itself, it actually was made even better by a visit from my mom and littlest sister to Vancouver in early August and then even better by a trip to Italy and Spain with my second littlest sister, my sister-in-law (of sorts) and my very best friend. I am using this post to catch you up on my life and show some of my favorite pictures from my trip.
I have to say that in Italy, never in my life have I eaten such a high concentration of amazing food. My stomach growls and my mouth waters thinking back to it. It is quite sad to think that I will not really experience that culinary satisfaction again for years to come since I do not know when I will make it back. Even at the best restaurants in Canada I think it is hard to match everyday Italian cuisine. In Barcelona, I did not love the food I ate quite as much as what I experienced in Italy, it may be that we were not as strategic in choosing our restaurants. We did find one tapas bar, called Cal Pep, which was hands down the best place I ate at at in Barcelona and for some reason I feel obligated to promote it.
In Italy, it was hard not to eat well (unless we were near a major historical site). As such I rarely made the effort to remember names, but there are some that I will mention since I find them impossible to forget. In Monterosso Al Mare I will always dream of Ristorante da Ely, for their perfect ravioli with pesto and Ristorante Al Carugio for their pesto gnocchi and for their kindness. From Florence we went to Chianti for a wine tour and there, at Tenuta Casanova we had the most amazing meal I have ever had - a multi-course lunch where everything came from the farm from the chickpeas, tomatoes and eggs to the honey, truffle oil and the balsamic (I kid you not) - served with a variety of lovely wines of course. I also have to mention La Ciambella Roma in Rome because in the touristy parts of Italy we fell victim, more than once, to bad tourist-trap restaurants. This one, not too far from the Pantheon, was a wonderful find. The four photos below, including a zucchini millefeuille, come from there.
Now, back in Vancouver, I am trying to recreate some of my favorite dishes from Italy. They were, for the most part, all very simple; the high quality of Italian ingredients is undoubtedly what made them so unforgettable. Grilled zucchini with olive oil, garlic and sea salt, toasted bread with grilled tomatoes, al dente pasta with the most flavourful of pesto. I am clinging to the memories with a jar of artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes that I brought home from a grocery store in Barletta. I also have my Cannensi Olive Oil which I could not live without at this moment.
I also have at my side, two brand new cookbooks that I have had my nose in the entire weekend and I think they are two of the most beautiful cookbooks I have ever purchased. First, there is Plum by Makini Howell with recipes from a popular vegan restaurant in Seattle. I am most excited to try the vegan creme fraiches and ricottas. I also am keen to try the author's strategy for making "egg foam" which she claims is an excellent egg white substitute in recipes. I will report on how that turns out. The other cookbook is Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi which is filled with creative vegetable centred recipes. Tonight, I am planning to try the Lentils with Broiled Eggplant, the photo looks irresistible. The recipe calls for a final topping of creme fraiche, which I plan to substitute with the vegan creme fraiche from Plum.
So this is where my life stands, filled once again with recipes and a passion for cooking. Also, the Vancouver rain is back in full force so it is certain that I will not be getting out as much as I would like to. Instead I may find more time for cooking and documenting and hopefully I will still manage to live life to the fullest.


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Pizza Nights
Floriole Cafe & Bakery 1220 W. Webster Ave. 773-883-1313
The Lincoln Park cafe extends its hours to serve house-made pizza for dinner, along with salads, desserts, wine and beer. This weekend's offerings are a white pie with potatoes, ramps, garlic and lemon creme fraiche, egg yolk, tarragon and chives; and a red pizza with mortadella, ricotta, arugula and chives. 6-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $18-$24.


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David W. Smith
David W. Smith, 40, of Marion died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, June 11. 2013. He was a devoted husband and father and warehouse manager for Coca-Cola for 15 years and a member of the West Memphis First United Methodist Church.
David was an avid hunter, enjoyed coaching his children in sports and enjoyed spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife Stacy Marconi Smith; two sons, Jacob Smith and Mason Smith, both of Marion; one daughter, Lyndsey Smith of Marion; his parents, Jim and Myra Smith of Benton; his grandmother, Mildred Whatley of Malvern; and two brothers, Robert Smith and Jerry Smith, both of Benton.
Funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, June 14, at West Memphis First United Methodist Church. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Lono Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at Deneke Hall at the West Memphis First United Methodist Church.
Arrangements are by Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis and Regency Funeral Home in Malvern.
Memorials may be made to the West Memphis First United Methodist Church, American Cancer Society or Lono Cemetery Fund in care of Tammy Harrell, 1959 Gray Loop, Leola, AR 72084.
Online guestbook: www.regencyfuneralhome.com or www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.


text: The Ashland city crews will be spraying for mosquitos on the north side of Main Street starting at around 9 p.m. Wednesday. They will be spraying on the south side of Main Street starting at around 9 p.m. Thursday. Spraying will be suspended on account of rain, high winds, or low temperatures and will continue from where we left off when conditions become favorable again.City officials recommend that the young, the elderly and most especially pregnant women avoid direct contact with the spray, which remains in the air for 20 minutes after the spray truck has passed through the area.If you have any questions about the mosquito control program call 419-281-6817 between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.